As a former child actor herself, Sophie Turner is sharing her concerns for the children starring in HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter TV series. 

The Emmy nominee first catapulted into the spotlight when she joined the cast of Game of Thrones as Sansa Stark. She was 14 when she filmed season one. In a profile with Flaunt, Turner revealed the negative impact that social media had on her career as a young actress.  

“I think social media was just really becoming a big thing after I started on Game of Thrones, so I got a couple of years of peace and quiet and then I had to adjust. It had such a profound impact on my mental health, like more than I could tell you,” she said. “It almost destroyed me on numerous occasions.”

She went on to voice advice for the upcoming stars of the HBO reboot, which include Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley. 

“I look at the kids who are about to be in the new Harry Potter and I just want to give them a hug and say, ‘Look, it’s going to be okay but don’t go anywhere near [social media],’” she added. “Stay friends with your home friends, keep living at home with your family, make sure your parents are your chaperones — it’s so important to have that grounding adjacent to the big, crazy stuff that you do.”

The new TV show will see each of J.K. Rowling’s novels adapted into a separate season. Francesca Gardiner will serve as showrunner and executive producer, while Mark Mylod also joins as a director of varying episodes and EP. 

While Rowling has been criticized for her anti-transgender views, she will serve as an EP and recently revealed she “worked closely with the extremely talented writers” on the project.